Sucre Province is a
province in the eastern part of the
Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho () is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as ...
in
Peru.
Geography
One of the highest mountains of the province is
Qarwarasu at . Other mountains are listed below:
Political division
The province is divided into eleven districts.
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Belén (
Belén)
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Chalcos (
Chalcos)
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Chilcayoc
Chilcayoc (possibly from Quechua ''ch'illka'' baccharis, ''-yuq'' a suffix to indicate possession, "the one that has got baccharis" or "the one with baccharis") is a volcano in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the "Valley of th ...
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Chilcayoc
Chilcayoc (possibly from Quechua ''ch'illka'' baccharis, ''-yuq'' a suffix to indicate possession, "the one that has got baccharis" or "the one with baccharis") is a volcano in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the "Valley of th ...
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Huacaña (
Huacaña)
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Morcolla (
Morcolla)
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Paico (
Paico)
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Querobamba
Querobamba is a town in Central Peru, capital of Sucre Province in Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho () is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of ...
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Querobamba
Querobamba is a town in Central Peru, capital of Sucre Province in Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho () is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of ...
)
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San Pedro de Larcay (
San Pedro de Larcay)
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San Salvador de Quije (
San Salvador de Quije)
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Santiago de Paucaray
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Santiago de Paucaray
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Soras (
Soras)
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua descent.
Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.21% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language (
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
Sources
Provinces of the Ayacucho Region
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